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Edward Gibbon Wakefield

(1796-1862), Colonial statesman

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 2 portraits
One of the most important and influential theorists on colonial administration and economics; promoted the foundation of the South Australian and New Zealand colonies; established his favourite principles - the sale of land at a fixed price linked to an immigration fund; directed the New Zealand Company in London and worked tirelessly on behalf of the new colony; spent the last nine years of his life in New Zealand.

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Edward Gibbon Wakefield, by Benjamin Holl, published by  Martin Colnaghi, after  Abraham Wivell - NPG D13224

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

by Benjamin Holl, published by Martin Colnaghi, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1 November 1826 (1823)
NPG D13224

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